It seems like the Parham opening isn't being played very much anymore. However, what I am seeing a lot of now is similar in that many people are going with the early queen activation (within the first 3 moves or so). This always seems like the same thing. A desperate grasp at a quick win. Then they end up wasting multiple moves repositioning the queen as I develop my pieces. Quite often they end up losing the queen and have very little else developed.
It seems like the Parham opening isn't being played very much anymore. However, what I am seeing a lot of now is similar in that many people are going with the early queen activation (within the first 3 moves or so). This always seems like the same thing. A desperate grasp at a quick win. Then they end up wasting multiple moves repositioning the queen as I develop my pieces. Quite often they end up losing the queen and have very little else developed.